Rhonda Baker | |
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Member of the OklahomaHouseofRepresentatives from the 60th district | |
Assumed office November 16, 2016 [1] | |
Preceded by | Dan Fisher |
Personal details | |
Born | Yukon,Oklahoma,U.S. | September 17,1968
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Les [2] |
Children | 3 [2] |
Rhonda Baker (born September 17,1968) is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 60th district since 2016. [3] [4]
In 2016,District 60 incumbent Dan Fisher chose not to seek re-election. Baker ran for the seat,won a plurality of votes in a three-way Republican primary,went on to win the primary runoff,and defeated Democrat Dennis Purifoy in the general election. Baker ran for re-election in 2018;she defeated primary challenger Jacqueline Smith,and was unopposed in the general election. In 2020,she was re-elected by default. [5] In 2023,Baker,along with Adam Pugh was in attendance during the signing ceremony of Governor Kevin Stitt's anti-diversity,equity and inclusion executive order. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rhonda Baker | 1,285 | 47.61% | |
Republican | Chad Slane | 1,035 | 38.35% | |
Republican | Patrick Case | 379 | 14.04% | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rhonda Baker | 909 | 55.63% | |
Republican | Chad Slane | 725 | 44.37% | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rhonda Baker | 9,386 | 67.42% | |
Democratic | Dennis Purifoy | 4,535 | 32.58% | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rhonda Baker | 3,161 | 62.1% | |
Republican | Jacqueline Smith | 1,926 | 37.9% | |
Baker was unopposed in the 2018 general election. [1]
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